I've been having an issue the last couple of weeks where my "Text Display" settings in-game are reset every time I log in. Is there any way to fix this?

@Knight-Raime said in UQ's were a huge mistake.:

@buismor

And one can easily say the only reason the schedule isn't fine is because of how it is for you specifically. This isn't a counter point. It's just a dismissive statement. There is no perfect solution that both helps the game stay healthy and active and also works for every person who plays. The trick is finding the right balance that manages to please as much people as possible whilst keeping the game state healthy.

It's not like I can't sympathize with people who can't seem to make it work. But that doesn't make it a problem for everyone else. Just as it working for myself or others doesn't mean it works for everyone.

I don't see anyone complaining that UQs are too frequent. The issue is people are not able participate in them due to their availability.

Do you have any evidence to show that UQs "help the game stay healthy?" No, you don't. You are ignoring the issues, throwing out unsubstantiated claims, and being argumentative.

@Gamers-are-so-oppressed said in The player store being down is pretty huge:

Supposedly fixed and compensation which includes: Distributed Items: "Tokyo Bonus Key: Gold" x2, "Triboost +150%" x1, "Maker of New Epochs Trigger" x1, "SG 100 Ticket" x1

Not that I am ungrateful but.... Won't lie I kind of expected just a 3 day shop pass since well... it probably affected those people the most who recently used a 3 day shop pass.

Yeah, this is a pretty pathetic "compensation."

@Furious I'm assuming you don't quite understand the value of money very well. Let's put it this way. You go to McDonald's and order a burger and fries. You pay your bill and get to the window. The cashier hands you a burger, informs you that they are out of fries, then wishes you a nice day and closes the window.

It might not be some crazy inconvenience, but you paid for those fries, right? Maybe you were even looking forward to them. Wouldn't you ask for your money back?

@Gamers-are-so-oppressed said in UQ's were a huge mistake.:

@Daishi said in UQ's were a huge mistake.:

(not everyone will do this, and I admit sometimes I don't have the patience and just re-roll to a new group. However, giving the opportunity is valuable.)

Basically this. Considering you are on a timer, it is always much easier to just drop a group instead of trying to teach someone. It just seems like a major drawback. .

A critique to scheduled events vs instance lock outs however is player engagement: Were there to be lock outs, a lot of the harder core players would blow them on certain days, or only run with isolated groups and it would become tedious especially for the newer players who haven't formed groups yet to pug. You see this a lot in other MMOs where you are waiting in LFG forever or you sit in the front of an instance unable to play until you get enough people.

Scheduled events go: Okay who's on? who's active? Let's do this, everyone hop in! and you always find active players.

It doesn't have to be lockouts per say, just any type of solution where people don't have to play on Sega's schedule. Triggers are nice but limited and don't include rematch fights. Even changing the times would ultimately be better say to like maybe a whole day or something. This is the only MMO I've known to have a weird system like this.

I agree with @Gamers-are-so-oppressed. @Daishi, you'll notice here that your arguments are so easy to pick apart because you are not arguing for a point or an opinion. You are arguing for the sake of being argumentative.

@Daishi said

Your argument predicates on the idea that you "NEED" to farm for the supposed BIS to reach an end game, to... what exactly? Quit playing until new content?

Fashion, PvP, prestige items/titles, and chilling with friends has ALWAYS been the true end game in MMOs and similar games from WoW, to GW2, to FFXIV, to Warframe and Destiny, to Maple story and Ragnarok; some have gear treadmills while others have prestige skins. MANY MANY people still play games at gear capped end game for various reasons, regardless of the game; it is not the be all and end all. Especially in this game, where it gives tons of leniency and reasonable side-grades. The "Artificial extension" even if it were true, by your logic would only be the barrier between you playing and not playing, and as it stands right now, you can clear all the content; so... if your only goal is to get to a point where you can stop playing, you're probably already there, or at least not far off after a few things from the new ep5 content.

As an example: the substantial difference between Invade and Ofz arm + back is 10atk, 70HP, and 7PP and that isn't necessary nor substantial enough to carry anyone through content. This is not worth stressing over or getting mad about, especially when the games gonna eventually just let you buy it from players, no RNG involved. And Correct me if I'm wrong JP players, but Ofz doesn't really need to be replaced until you upgrade it to a 13* which means buying it is still value even if BIS gear treadmill was the main thing.

Your subjective view that "the game keeps you playing by engaging in the gear grind" is holding you back and a terrible mindset, that is actually incorrect, and extremely narrow minded. This is moderately true through early and mid game, but there is a wide array of effective endgame setups. For example take Qliphad and Zeinesis weapons which are mediocre compared to Nems and Slaves, and an individual would still be able to chill and sufficiently consider themselves at end game at ep 4, and perfectly capable of clearing all the content.

You're assuming that my motivation, or the motivation of anyone playing this game, is min-maxing, getting that 1% more effectiveness. As you said, "Fashion, PvP, prestige items/titles, and chilling with friends has ALWAYS been the true end game in MMOs..." Well, these prestige items (12* BiS units) are locked behind time based or random events. You go on to contradict yourself in your final paragraph, stating, "Your subjective view that "the game keeps you playing by engaging in the gear grind" is holding you back and a terrible mindset, that is actually incorrect, and extremely narrow minded."

If the "gear grind" is so "incorrect" and "extremely narrow minded," then how do you obtain those "prestige items" that you claim to have "ALWAYS been the true end game in MMOs?"

@Knight-Raime said in UQ's were a huge mistake.:

@Shmyules

A vast majority of the things that drop in UQ's can be bought or gotten else where. Nothing you've said really counters my initial reply to you. And frankly your view especially that last bit feels more jaded then an actual argument. Eventually 12* units will be sellable on the market. So if you really feel you need that specific unit from PD you'll get it eventually.

PSO2 doesn't have the content to match WoW so it's a pretty awful comparison.

Sure, let's drop the WoW comparison (as I already did). "Eventually" having 12* units tradeable does not keep people playing regularly (the argument that is being made in this thread for random events). 12* units can not currently be traded. So, your point that "a vast majority of things that drop in UQs can be bought" is entirely false in the case of end game units in the current state of the game.

@hynaku4494 said in The player store being down is pretty huge:

Are they going to extend people's premium for the same amount of days it's down for. because for me I only bought it to use the shop to sell items.

This is a necessity for me. I'm paying for access to trading and selling on the personal shop. I can't do that right now.

I also feel bad for anyone that might have popped one of those rare, 3-day shop passes before maintenance. If you rely on those to be able to sell, you're SOL for quite a while until RNGesus blesses you again.

@Knight-Raime said in UQ's were a huge mistake.:

@Blade-Syphon It 100% is a problem elsewhere. This mindset has existed much longer than i've been gaming and i've been doing so since I could hold a controller.

@Shmyules said in UQ's were a huge mistake.:

@YagyuChan said in UQ's were a huge mistake.:

@Akakomuma said in UQ's were a huge mistake.:

I don't like having to play on SEGA's schedules and more importantly I find that UQ's ruin conversations and social aspect since everyone dips in the middle of a convo when those alerts appear.

I don't partake in the social aspect of this game enough to resolve such an issue and even if UQs were removed or reworked to permanent content it will still cause problems with that anyway with an additional problem of people saying there is nothing in this game to do when there is plenty of content that people just ignore.

Sorry but I don't understand this response in the slightest. How would making the UQs farmable at any time cause any problems? Take a look at a game like WoW. People organize groups around things like raids all the time to farm gear. We don't need randomly scheduled and unscheduled events. There is zero benefit that I see.

WoW has PLENTY of busy work to keep the servers populated during the day. PSO2 does not. As meseta grind is something done passively and affixing is mainly something people jump on to do during pso2 week. By having multiple varied timed events on constant it creates a steady stream of population that keeps the servers active and people spending money.

@Daishi said in UQ's were a huge mistake.:

I think it would be helpful to cite exactly what you're expecting to drop from UQs. Odds are it's something redundant and will be replaced soon anyways.

Everything except for 12* Units can be sold on player shop.

Slave and Nems can be farmed at any time, on any schedule, are best in slot weapons, and sold for a good amount of meseta. And someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but pretty sure you can buy any UQ weapon drop.

There are no specific 12* Units you NEED. I've been farming for Ofz from PD and RNGsus never gives me what I want. Yet here I am rocking an invade set with Zeinesis legs hoping to upgrade if my luck bears no fruit. Prior to obtaining those and getting decent budget affixes rocking sub par affixed Rays, I was able to clear Phaleg and S rank PD solo on a squishy force with a little over 800 HP (implying you can farm union). There is literally nothing you "NEED" to drop for you from an urgent, that you can't also buy. and you can farm meseta on whatever time table works for you, or input your credit card if time is so limited.

Urgents aren't a mistake; they are a large chunk of the game that brings players together.

Nothing to particularly add here. Just wanted to say this is a very good response to the whole situation.

Pretty terrible response. Besides fashion, this game keeps you playing by engaging in the gear grind. All end game units are tied to limited availability and random events (UQs). So yes, if you want to keep playing and have a goal to work towards, you "NEED" drops from urgent quests. Tying gameplay behind UQs to artificially extend the amount of time someone might be paying a subscription fee is pretty lazy game design. Nothing to do in the game but wait for a PD scheduled in the middle of the night to hopefully get a unit drop or to try to slow farm mats to upgrade your current units and then waiting another day or two for another chance is not very fun.

@YagyuChan said in UQ's were a huge mistake.:

@Shmyules said in UQ's were a huge mistake.:

@YagyuChan said in UQ's were a huge mistake.:

@Akakomuma said in UQ's were a huge mistake.:

I don't like having to play on SEGA's schedules and more importantly I find that UQ's ruin conversations and social aspect since everyone dips in the middle of a convo when those alerts appear.

I don't partake in the social aspect of this game enough to resolve such an issue and even if UQs were removed or reworked to permanent content it will still cause problems with that anyway with an additional problem of people saying there is nothing in this game to do when there is plenty of content that people just ignore.

Sorry but I don't understand this response in the slightest. How would making the UQs farmable at any time cause any problems? Take a look at a game like WoW. People organize groups around things like raids all the time to farm gear. We don't need randomly scheduled and unscheduled events. There is zero benefit that I see.

It defeats the purpose of having that content available as a means to make people log in cause SEGA needs those numbers to log in and fill the servers for a limited time event that pops on like 3-4 times a day. Look at it in business terms would you rather make more money from tons of people doing a quest that is timed for 30-40 minutes in a certain period or make that content permanent, people play it out then people will start complaining for more besides the EQ system will probably be gone for NGS anyways so really not seeing the problem here. It is of no benefit to us as consumers but benefit to SEGA to prompt logins.

Again, this response does not make any sense to me. How is organizing a run with a group of friends or a guild/alliance worse than a random event? That organization is inherently more social than just auto-joining a PUG. Next, how does "SEGA" make any money from someone logging in for "30-40 minutes" to complete a random event? Do you pay per minute you play because I don't. NGS is months away and has zero bearing on our current experience with the game.